Photographer Jim Dow will return to the Duke campus this week as a Visiting Artist in Duke’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts. He will present a slideshow and lecture, “Walker Evans as a Post-Modern Construction,” in the course Innovation and Tradition in the Documentary Arts; the event is free and open to the public.… Continue reading Jim Dow Lecture, Wednesday 3/21- Free and Open to the Public!
Author: Ted Mott
Full Frame Lineups Announced
Still from “Five Star Existence,” directed by Sonja Linden (North American Premiere) Join all the MFAEDAers in attending this year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival happening April 12-15! See below for announcements of the NEW DOCS and Invited Programs. The full schedule will be released March 22, 2012. The Full Frame Documentary Film… Continue reading Full Frame Lineups Announced
Stills: Studies of the MFA Studio Space – Week 5
Week 5 of an ongoing series of photographs brought to you by Lisa McCarty (MFAEDA ’13) and her arsenal of Polaroid cameras. Journey Into The Universe MFAEDA Carpentry Shop | March 2012 Impossible Instant Film
Visiting Artist Ethan Jackson’s New Optical Installation Opens at the Divinity School
Visual artist Ethan Jackson’s new optical installation at the Divinity School’s Westbrook Hall Cloister Walk will be opening this week! This is a beautiful, large scale installation inside a long corridor adjacent to the Chapel. Please join us at two upcoming events to learn more and celebrate this work: Tech and New Media Speaker Series… Continue reading Visiting Artist Ethan Jackson’s New Optical Installation Opens at the Divinity School
Congratulations to Josh Gibson and his “Kudzu Vine”!
Kudzu Vine from Josh Gibson on Vimeo. Congratulations to MFAEDA faculty Josh Gibson who’s 35mm black and white short documentary “Kudzu Vine” recently won the Grand Prize for Documentary (The Juror’s Stellar Award) at the Black Maria Film Festival AND the Artistic Vision Award at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Way to go Josh!
Stills: Studies of the MFA Studio Space – Week 4
Week 4 of an ongoing series of photographs brought to you by Lisa McCarty (MFAEDA ’13) and her arsenal of Polaroid cameras. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men MFAEDA Carpentry Shop | February 2012 Impossible Instant Film
Kianga Ford Visits Duke February 29 – March 1
As part of Immersed in Every Sense, a Duke University Visiting Artist Lecture Series, multimedia artist Kianga Ford will be on campus to give an artist talk and a lunchtime seminar. This event in the lecture series is cosponsored by Duke’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts program and the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies. Artist Talk Wednesday, February… Continue reading Kianga Ford Visits Duke February 29 – March 1
Stills: Studies of the MFA Studio Space – Week 3
Week 3 of an ongoing series of photographs brought to you by Lisa McCarty (MFAEDA ’13) and her arsenal of Polaroid cameras. Double Doors MFAEDA Carpentry Shop | February 2012 Impossible Instant Film
“Occupations,” Exhibition of MFA Student Work Opens Friday, February 17, 5-7pm
Occupations, the first public exhibition of works by members of the inaugural class of the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts (MFAEDA) will be on view from February 17-March 15 in the Corridor Gallery of the East Duke building on Duke’s East Campus. After the dispersion of many of the Occupy Movements, seven students in… Continue reading “Occupations,” Exhibition of MFA Student Work Opens Friday, February 17, 5-7pm
An Interview with Tamiko Thiel
MFAEDAer Marika Borgeson (’13) sat down with augmented reality artist Tamiko Thiel during her visit to Duke to discuss Thiel’s integration of mechanical engineering and artistic practice, her beginnings in augmented reality, and some of her projects in progress. M: Can you explain how you made or what caused the switch from mechanical engineering to… Continue reading An Interview with Tamiko Thiel
